I realized today while I was previewing (and enjoying!) Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling that we seem to be surrounded right now with books and their respective movies. These are the pairs that we are currently reading (or soon will be) with the movies already ready to watch: Heidi, Captains Courageous, Old Man and the Sea, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Man Who Would Be King, and Swiss Family Robinson. Some are for all ages and some are just for the olders.
~ Heidi by Johanna Spyri ~
Books: I checked out several versions from the library. They had the Illustrated Classics version
Movie: I borrowed the version with Shirley Temple
Cultural Snapshot: When I was about 10 living with an aunt for a year in Central America (or was it later when I went back??) I would watch a Heidi cartoon. This is the opening song. It has the words below so I'll show it to dc during our Spanish time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViiM3C6l0jY
There are some episodes of this old cartoon version uploaded as well. Here is part of episode 1 (in Spanish):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG-PZyJuxHg&feature=related
~ Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling ~
Book: I checked out the LP (large print) version
Movie: I checked out the movie with Spencer Tracy
~ Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Book: I don't think I ever read Hemingway in high school or college. I personally really enjoyed this book
Movie: I found the complete Spencer Tracy movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9XEbAt1RAY&feature=related
[Update: This is now blocked but I'm leaving the link in case WB unblocks it later]
There are some excerpts here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VHqQ3FyWVU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=nlCPUFx5DUU&feature=endscreen
Animated version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5ih1IRIRxI&feature=related
Cultural Snapshot: I wrote about this in an earlier post here:
http://eclecticlvng.blogspot.com/2012/04/old-man-and-sea-by-hemingway.html
~ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Book: The library had several copies so I checked out a smaller edition
Movie: The classic movie with Gregory Peck
~ The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
[Yes, we sort of ended up doing a Kipling unit with younger dd doing some of the Just So Stories
Book: There is a free Kindle version here
Movie: The library had a DVD of this book starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine
~ Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
Book: We have been using a free Kindle download available here
Movie: The first time I tried to check it out from the library it was already taken, but now I have it on hold ready to pick up this week. Our library has this older version
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Oops, I forgot one! As I was tidying up I ran across Gulliver's Travels. So many books (and movies) and so little time!!
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